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W. H. C OLE.

- BOOK HOLDER. No. 324,234. Patented Aug. 11, 1885.

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BOOK HOLDER.

Patented Aug. 11

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM H. COLE, OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO.

BOOK-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,234, dated August11, 1885.

Application filed May 25, 1885. (N0 model.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. COLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Marysville, in the county of Union and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Book-Holders; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in book-holders to be attached todesks, tables, and other articles; and it consists of a holder adaptedto be turned up over the front edge of a desk when in use, and to beturned down and slid within the desk when not in use, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

It is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aside sectional view of a desk with my improvement attached thereto whenthe same is in use; Fig. 2,a similar view with the holder slid withinthe desk; Fig. 3, a plan view with the top of the desk removed, and Fig.4 a front view in elevation with the ends of side supports of holderbroken away.

In the drawings, A represents the top of a desk or similar article. Tothe under side of this top is secured a shelf composed of the bottompiece, b, and side pieces, 0 c.

D is a bracket sliding within said shelf and composed of the bottomcross strip, 6, the side strips, f, provided with tongues g, and across-rod, h. The bracket D is supported by the tongues g in slots z,cut in the side pieces, 0 c, of the shelf, and the bracket is slid backand forth in said slots.

L is a book-rest attached to the rod h and adapted to swing thereon. Asshown, it is composed of two parts, at n. The lower part, m, consists oftwo arms united at the top and curved at their lower ends, so' as toembrace the front edge of the desk, and then attached to the rod h. Theupper part, a, is also a single piece bent to an oval form with its twoarms pivoted to the lower part, m, by means of small bolts 1) 19, one ofwhich may be screwthreaded to receive a thumb-nut, q, whereby the upperpart can be adjusted at any angle to hold the book to a greater or lessdistance from the reader, as desired. The ends ofpart a are turned uptoform a holder for a book or other article. \Vhen not used, the holder isslid back within the desk and rests upon the shelf, as shown in Figs. 2and 3. When it is desired to use it, the upper part, m, answers as ahandle by which it is pulled out from the desk when it is turned up overthe front edge of the desk and held in a slanting position, as shown inFigs. 1 and 4.

I do not wish to confine myself to this particular form of holder,or ofsliding bracket to which it is attached, or to the shelf in which thebracket slides, as the gist of my invention consists in adapting abook-holder to a desk in such a way that although constituting a part ofthe desk yet it can be slid out of and within with the greatest ease andwithout moving or disturbing any other part of the desk or its contents.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In combinationwith a desk or other suitable support, a book-holder connected to asliding attachment on the under side of said desk or support, wherebythe book-holder is slid out from under the support and turned up overthe same, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a desk or suitable support, the book holderprovided with turned-up arms to hold the book or other article, and asupport beneath said desk, to which the said book-holder is hinged,whereby the book-holder is turned up over the edge of the desk orsupport and adapted to rest thereon, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a desk or similar article and a book-holder, ashelf secured to the under surface of the desk-top, and within whichshelf the bookholder is slid, substantially as described.

4. A desk or table, in combination with the book-holder composed-of twoparts, the lower part, m, made of two arms united at their top andcurved at their lower ends, so as to embrace the front edge of thesupport, and the upper part, a, bent down over the lower part andsecured thereto, and terminating in arms turned up to form a holder, anda support be neath the top of the desk, to which said holder ispivotally seoured,subst-antially as described.

5. A desk .or other suitable support provided on its under surface witha shelf, in combination with the sliding bracket D, within lower part,in combination with the means for adjusting and holding the said upperpart containing the book at the desired angle for reading, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof I mix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM I-I. COLE.

\Vitnesses:

JAS. \V. FlELD, A. T. CARPENTER.

